They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.
他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。
To be frank, I prefer the former to the latter.
坦白来讲，比起后者，我更喜欢前者。
The former offers more excitement and convenience while the latter offers a cleaner, quieter and often friendlier place to live.
前者提供了更多的刺激和便利，而后者提供了一个更干净、更安静、通常也更友好的居住环境。
Many support the former plan, but personally I favour the latter one.
很多人赞同第一种方案，但我更倾向后第二种。
If the former are greater, the lake is a surface-water-dominated lake; if the latter, it is a seepage-dominated lake.
如果前者较大，这个湖就是一个以表层水为主的湖泊；如果是后者，则是一个以渗漏为主的湖泊。
The former appear to drive Luises, the latter Palomas.
前者似乎开的是路易斯，后者驾驶的是帕洛马斯。
The former should pass all the time; the latter should pass to the degree that customers require.
前者应该在任何时候都通过，而后者应该达到客户所要求的程度。
Get more of the former and less of the latter by setting aside your need for their cash.
把你对金钱的需求先藏起来那么一会儿，以让他们获得更多的前者，更少的后者。
The former is wonderful but the latter I can't abide.
前者的确很美味，但是后面的那个我实在不能忍受。
For security it's better to do the former, but the latter is more convenient.
为了安全起见，最好使用第一种方法，但是后一种方法更方便些。
Academia is teeming with people who are the former but not the latter.
大学院校中到处都是具备前者而不具备后者的人。
The corporation promoted the latter while reprimanding the former!
这家公司提拔了后者，训斥了前者！
With the former you can prosper, with the latter you will starve.
进入前者你将繁荣昌盛，进入后者你将饥肠辘辘。
A bedpan or a plastic container would have been easier, but I didn't have the former and the latter seemed gross.
一个床上便盆或塑料容器可能会容易些，但是我没有前者而后者又显得粗野。
The former closes the alert and the latter opens the presently shown mail in your browser.
前者将关闭通知，后者则在浏览器里打开当前这份邮件。
With luck, the former problem will help solve the latter.
如果幸运的话，出口增长将有助于解决通胀问题。
You shouldn't charge the latter, only the former.
你只应该对前者收费而不是后者。
The former refuses to budge from the home corner, the latter has no home at all.
前者使我无法获得家的安宁，后者根本没有家园的存在。
The former needs training; the latter needs help of a different kind.
前者需要培训，后者需要一种不同的帮助。
The anterior cingulate cortex was activated considerably more in the former than in the latter.
研究显示，前者的大脑前扣带回皮层比后者要活跃的多。
The former was a precondition for the latter.
前者为后者提供了前提条件。
Between data and information lies the software application: the engine that transforms the former to the latter and vice versa.
数据和信息之间是软件应用程序：引擎将把数据和信息来回转换。
The former asked the latter what they could eat on campus.
前者问后者他们在校园里吃什么。
The former will ultimately take over for the latter in the data center.
在数据中心领域，前者最终将接管后者。
Both compounds are acids, the former is strong and the latter is weak.
这两种都是酸。前者是强酸，后者是弱酸。
And the explanation of the latter is in terms of the former.
前者对后者在措辞上进行了解释。
And the explanation of the latter is in terms of the former.
前者对后者在措辞上进行了解释。
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